Just got back from a week in California on business, and as usual, I'm sick as a dog. I always seem to get sick when I'm on the road. And now I have a doozy of a cold. California is an interesting place — they are digging on the governator Ahnold out there. I'm a liberal from Massachusetts, and I forget how other people live. I had dinner with an arch conservative, who, when I told him about Bushie boy's plan for the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, said "Good." Orange County (or "The OC", as Fox viewers refer to it as) is known as the Bible Belt of California. Whatever.

I don't want to see "The Passion of the Christ." I read that several people on the set, including the actor who played Jesus, were hit by lightning. As a Roman Catholic, I take that to mean that God is none too happy. Plus, I'm sensitive, and the scenes of violence against Christ are supposed to be incredibly difficult to take.